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Contrary to your opinion there seems to be millions who like the POS (sic) m700s.

Jim

There's just no telling why millions of people do what they do, like voted for Trudeau perhaps?

Another thought.
I started reading about people hunting with an empty chamber years ago.
I thought, "WTF". I had never even considered such a thing.
Then I thought "okay, these guides have to hunt with people they don't know, everyday."
It's a safety thing in those circumstances.

Then I come here, and find people who empty chamber by choice, when alone.
I don't care what they do, it's definitely safe, so go for it.
My deer kill would have been much smaller if I hunted that way,
but, they don't hunt where, and how, I hunt.64

It's a balance thing, everything has risks, we try to balance them as we see fit.

So how many got away from you when you hunted with an empty chamber?

If I'm moving, climbing through alder patches, the hammer is dropped on an empty chamber.

I almost always hunt with an empty chamber, IF I'm transiting from or to a stand. There are situations however that do call for a loaded chamber and in Africa, that is the rule for the most part.

I will admit the campfire has changed my behavior about carrying hot in the chamber. Even alone, but especially now that I have kids involved.

This is my least favorite feature about my favorite rifle: Cooper. It freaks me out when the rifle is on pack or sling in rough country and the bolt slips wide open. It has happened more than once.

Yeah ----------- because they work! I am ONLY 1 but I've had a BUNCH of 700s and still have several.

NOT ONE PROBLEM!

IF - IF you know what you're doing, the triggers are easy to adjust to preference. AFTER I learned how, I adjusted every trigger for travel and weight of pull. Not NARY a problem.

Jerry

None, because I have never 'intentionally' hunted an 'empty' chamber.

All I can say is that on many occasions IF I'd had to chamber a round --- the deer would be gone. There isn't enuff time - sometimes.


I said, "intentionally" because I remember ONCE when I was thru hunting, I opened the bolt - W T H ? no round loaded.
I AND others have had deer to move off immediately when they 'heard' some small click or metallic noise. I've never had any B A, Lever, or Pump that you can load a cartridge W/O making noise.

Each to Their Own.

Jerry

I usually walk in and out in the dark so I keep the chamber empty then. I also keep the chamber empty with safety on when climbing up or down from a stand or crossing a fence or other obstacles. Inadvertent discharges are a result of lack of training and familiarity with the weapon usually coupled with irresponsible behavior. Bolt locked or not, personal choice. Happy Trails

Missed shots when deer appeared near a vehicle or the house. That really doesn't count.


I really don't have an empty chamber during shooting hours.
If I am crossing a fence or some obstacle that causes increased concern it will be.
But even for fences, I lay the gun down under the fence, unloading it is not really a big deal.
If my daughter is with me, we unload, and hold the others gun.

The places where I might most like a chamber empty, are the places I am most likely to use it quick.
Unload it, and I may as well just carry my revolver.
It's loaded too.

Like someone else said Happy Trails.
The empty chambered hunting gun is a good thing in my book.
It just doesn't work for me, mostly.

I like to run through the woods with a round in the chamber and my finger on the trigger while carrying scissors in the other hand.

I hope you have insect repellent on,
the ticks have been bad.

Just because you do something different than the majority doesn't necessarily make you right.

Jim

I don't have nor will I ever have a bolt action action rifle that does not have the capability to lock down the bolt. CP.

Sorry, but why be two-faced in front of your daughter? If it is safer and you want her doing that, what will you say when she asks why?

For emphasis, I have never seen anyone claiming "perfect muzzle control" exhibit anything better than "woefully inadequate muzzle control."

DEPENDS ?? in Northern Minnesota where the timber wolf population is out of control ,I believe its only a matter of time when someone gets attack by a wolf and if its me my rifle will be loaded,i have had them follow me to my stand in the dark at a distance and that is kinda creepy,when you flash the light and see those beady eyes move`n thru the trees. if its a warm fall bears are still active too so ya my rifle is loaded move`n thru the tamarack swamp. hunting deer I use a Ruger #1 so its easy to load and unload for safety,even when I am out west for deer season I still just use my Ruger # 1. but if I hunt with a bolt action rifle I prefer a lock downed bolt by the safety, in the past if safety did not lock bolt down I have had it open up and the cartridge did fall out,mostly when I have a pack on which I always wear in the mountains,when I walk sometimes many miles.

Wolf attacks are incredibly rare... incredibly...

Damn it, man, not while chewing gum I hope...

Or voted for Trump?

Tom